Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Consisting of sleet; characterized by sleet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to sleet; characterized by sleet.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Covered in
sleet ; full of sleet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective consisting of or of the nature of frozen or partially frozen rain
Etymologies
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Examples
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We got outside in this kind of sleety cold day, and we sent back in and asked him if he would go a certain Saturday which would have been about ten days off.
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We found seats next to the ice station, where our bartender was doing an admirable imitation of Tony Perkins in Psycho, attacking a massive block of ice with a frightful-looking pick and afflicting those in the vicinity with small, sleety squalls.
Old-Fashioned 2009
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We found seats next to the ice station, where our bartender was doing an admirable imitation of Tony Perkins in Psycho, attacking a massive block of ice with a frightful-looking pick and afflicting those in the vicinity with small, sleety squalls.
Old-Fashioned 2009
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We found seats next to the ice station, where our bartender was doing an admirable imitation of Tony Perkins in Psycho, attacking a massive block of ice with a frightful-looking pick and afflicting those in the vicinity with small, sleety squalls.
Old-Fashioned 2009
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This was not so bad today -- brutal cold but sunny -- as it was for Christmas -- brutal cold plus drizzling sleety rain -- and the reward is that the chill waiting eventually leads to denoument in a snug baked good shop rich with the smells of bread and yeast and sugar, and the warmth of the ovens in the back.
February 25th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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It's rainy, sleety, and about 35 degrees in University Park, MD. Posted by:
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This time it was February instead of August, with a sleety sky and the promise of flurries in the forecast for the afternoon, and six inches of snow overnight.
Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner 2010
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This time it was February instead of August, with a sleety sky and the promise of flurries in the forecast for the afternoon, and six inches of snow overnight.
Fly Away Home Jennifer Weiner 2010
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We barely managed to get our waterproofs on before it turned to heavy, sleety rain but we were no distance at all from Kirkton of Glenisla where my ever-patient sister and Elli were waiting in the car with IrnBru32, coffee and picnic.
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On the day the fourth quarter financial report for Hi-T was finished, on a sleety Tuesday in January, Elaine Eisenway did her customary and thorough final review, then logged off and wrote down the password on a slip of paper.
VELOCITY DEE JACOB 2010
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